Open AccessChild Maltreatment: Brief Communication
Author(s) -
Amanda Plácido da Silva Macêdo,
Monnic Maria Lóssio Rocha Maia,
Izadora de Sousa Pereira,
Thânia Maria Rodrigues Figueiredo,
Modesto Leite Rolim Neto
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
amadeus international multidisciplinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-8281
DOI - 10.14295/aimj.v4i7.83
Subject(s) - psychological abuse , sexual abuse , physical abuse , mental health , child abuse , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , psychology , occupational safety and health , odds ratio , injury prevention , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
Child maltreatment has serious consequences, including increasing an individual's risk of physical and mental health problems across their life course. Objective: Here we show that there is an important public health message to focus, not only on approaches that prevent or detect childhood maltreatment, but also to explore methods of prevention and detection of mental ill health. Results: The study Childhood maltreatment and adult suicidality: a comprehensive systematic review with meta-analysis (2019) showed that all different types of childhood maltreatment including sexual abuse [odds ratio (OR) 3.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.76–3.64], physical abuse (OR 2.52, 95% CI 2.09–3.04) and emotional abuse (OR 2.49, 95% CI 1.64–3.77) were associated with two- to three-fold increased risk for suicide attempts. Conclusion: It is important to highlight emotional violence may actually be more powerful than physical and sexual abuse in its impact on adolescent suicide behaviors in low- and middle-income countries. Keywords: Child Maltreatment; Mental Health; Prevention.